Michael S. GoligorskyMichael S. Goligorsky, MD. PhD, holds the Alvin I. Goodman Chair in Nephrology, and is Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Physiology and Director of Renal Research Institute at the New York Medical College, Touro University. Dr. Goligorsky servs as an Associate Editor for Am J Pathology and is a member of the Association of American Physicians (elected 2002). His research interests include: the mechanisms of endothelial dysfunction as a harbinger of diabetic, and hypertensive vascular damage; stress-induced premature senescence of endothelial cells and the role of lysosomal dysfunction in this process; mechanisms of functional incompetence of endothelial cells in chronic kidney disease; and mechanisms of alarm signaling by an ischemic kidney. Read More Read Less